Wheel-lubricator.



W. KING.

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APPLCAT D APR.15. 3914. 1,163,414. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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WILLIAM E. KING, OF GEEE'NVILLE, SOUTI-I GAEOLINA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-FOUBTH TO ANDREW J. WESTIVIOEELAND, OF BALEY, NORTH CAROLINA.

WHEEL-LUBBICA'OR.

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Be it known that T, W'ILLIAM E. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel clained and illustrated in the acconpanyng drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents a sectional view, partly broken away, of a Vehicle Wheel showing the application thereto of my improved lubricating device, Fig. 2 regresents a sectional view through the hub of the wheel taken at right angles to Fig. 1, and, Fig. 3 represents a top plan view of the device as applied to use.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein sinilar reference nuinerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several Views, the nuneral 1 indicates the hub of an ordinary Vehicle Wheel having radiating spokes 2 spindie 3, a suitable boxing 4: being interposed between the spindle 3 and hub 1. .A bracket consisting of a bar 5 having upwardiy turned ends G is secured by bolts or screws 7 between two adjacent spokes 2 of the Wheel. The niedial portion of the brackct is forned with threaded aperture 8 receiving the threaded upper end of a supply pipe 9, having a shouider forned thereon andabutting against the under side of said bracket. The opposite end of the supply pipe 9 is fitted into a bore forined radially through the hub 1 conniunicating with the axial bore thereof. The extreme inner end of the bore 11 terninates in a groove 12 forned in the wall of the axial bore of the hub. The portion of the boxing 4: adjacent the groove 12 is forned with a series of apertures 13 pernitting the lubricant to gain access to the spiudle A cup 1 having a threaded Opening 15 is engaged with the Speefieaten of Letters Patent.

rotatabiy nounted upon the axle Patented Dee. "Z, 1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. Seral No. 832,316.

outer threaded end of the supply pipe 9 and secures the latter upon the bracket. The cup 14: is provided with exterior screw threads adapted to coperate with the interior threads formed in the cap 15. An annular boss 16 is formed at the upper end of the cap 15 and provided with a plurality of notches 17. A spring looking arn 18 is secured at one end to one of the upturned extreinities 6 of the bracket 5 and is bent so as to normally engage against the annular boss 16 of the cap. Asshown in Fig. 1, the free end of the arm 18 is preferably extended in parallelism with the pipe 9 Whereby the arn will be in proper position to engage within one of the notches 17 of the cap regardless of the position of said cap relative to the arn.

In operation, the cup let isadapted to be filled with axle or any kind of` cup grease which is forced through the pipe 9 and into the groove 12 by screwing the cap l'down upon the cup. 14. The spring arm 18 will drop into one of the notches 17 and look the cap 15 in adjusted position.

The walls of' the groove 12 are preferably coated with varnish or a Similar Composition for preventing the oil or grease therein from soaking into the hub 1.

\Vhat I clain is 2- A Wheel lubricator coniprising a wheel having a hub, a bar having a Central aperture and located between two spokes of the wheel, said bar having upwardly and outwardly extending attaching lugs formed at its ends and engaging the inner side of the spokes, fastening eienients engaging the lugs and spokes, a feed pipe having its outer end passing through said aperture and having its inner end extending into the hub, a shoulder forned on the feed pipe and engaging the inner side of the bar, a cup secured to the outer end of the feed pipe and engaging the `WII JLIAlvI E. KING.

iVitness s: A. L. Ihrer-nn, O. B. LL-iLERY.

Copes of this patsnt may be obtaned for five centseach, by adressng the Commissioner of Patents, V

` Washington, D. C." 

